Introduction

The sqlpage.link function, when passed a list of parameters, serialize the values of the list with their JSON ", which are then percent-encoded.

I think they should not be added to the URL.

To Reproduce

Query this file like this: `/?tags[]=tag_a

select 'debug' component, $tags tags, sqlpage.link('index.sql', json_object('tags', json_insert($tags, '$[#]', 'new_tag'))) link;

Actual behavior

After following these steps, what happened ?
If you saw an error on the command line or inside your page, then paste it here

{"component":"debug","tags":"[\"tag_a\"]","link":"index.sql?tags[]=%22tag%5Fa%22&tags[]=%22new%5Ftag%22"}

Expected behavior

{"component":"debug","tags":"[\"tag_a\"]","link":"index.sql?tags[]=tag%5Fa&tags[]=new%5Ftag"}

Version information

• Linux
• SQLite
• SQLPage Version: main

Additional context

Here's a dirty patch I wrote that indeed fixes the issue in my case:

diff --git i/src/webserver/database/sqlpage_functions/url_parameter_deserializer.rs w/src/webserver/database/sqlpage_functions/url_parameter_deserializer.rs
index 54caa55..6f87427 100644
--- i/src/webserver/database/sqlpage_functions/url_parameter_deserializer.rs
+++ w/src/webserver/database/sqlpage_functions/url_parameter_deserializer.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for URLParameters {
                             out.encode_and_push(&key);
                             out.0.push_str("[]");
                             out.0.push('=');
-                            out.encode_and_push(&val.to_string());
+                            out.encode_and_push(&val.to_string().replace("\"", ""));
                         }
                     } else {
                         out.push_kv(&key, value);

But I suspect a more general solution should be found. Or if only scalars and arrays of scalars are accepted, maybe this is sufficient. I don't know enough about SQLPage internals and assertions to really know.

I'll happily open the PR if you think it's enough, to satisfy my own vanity 😉

Edit: It can be a bit more sophisticated, removing only quotes at the beginning and end of the file, something along:

if val.startswith(") and val.endswith(") then val[1:len-1]